Meta Platforms, Inc. has launched a new inter partes review proceeding at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00459 on August 26, 2026. The petition adds to the steady stream of technology-company PTAB activity that in-house IP teams and patent litigators monitor closely for signals on validity strategy, parallel district court risk, and the Board’s treatment of software-focused claims.
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The Eleventh Circuit’s August 24, 2026 opinion in No. 25-13597 is now available, but practitioners should note an important limitation at the outset: the public case details provided here identify the court, docket number, and filing date, but do not include the text of the opinion itself. That means any substantive assessment of the panel’s holding, its reasoning, or its…
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A federal judge in Washington has, at least for now, refused to grant the Justice Department’s request to dismiss Steve Bannon’s contempt-of-Congress conviction, leaving one of the more politically charged Jan. 6-related prosecutions on the books while prosecutors try again to justify their position.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said the government had not adequately explained why dismissal was warranted.
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A federal judge in California has sharply limited the government’s ability to use immigration enforcement against noncitizen students based on political speech critical of Israel or the war in Gaza. In a ruling reported by the Associated Press, Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court in California found the policy likely violates the First Amendment and is impermissibly vague,…
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The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates has approved a wide-ranging package of policy measures that could ripple through court administration, law-enforcement practices, legal education, attorney ethics, and entry-level recruiting. Although ABA policy is not binding law, it often serves as a roadmap for state supreme courts, bar regulators, law schools, and employers when updating rules and professional standards.

For…
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A federal judge in California has ruled for Anthropic in its challenge to the Pentagon’s decision to designate the AI company as a supply-chain risk, concluding the government’s action was unlawful and effectively preventing the blacklisting from taking hold. The dispute puts a spotlight on one of the most consequential fault lines in modern procurement law: how far the government…
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KKR’s agreement to pay a reported $250 million to resolve U.S. Department of Justice allegations over repeated violations of federal premerger filing rules is a striking escalation in Hart-Scott-Rodino enforcement. For dealmakers and their counsel, the settlement is more than a large penalty: it is a clear warning that the government is prepared to pursue aggressive remedies when it believes…
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has declined—for now—to dismiss Steve Bannon’s contempt-of-Congress conviction, even after the Justice Department asked the court to vacate it. The ruling does not foreclose future relief; instead, it leaves open the possibility of a renewed motion with a fuller legal basis. But in the immediate term, the conviction remains on the books, preserving an…
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